Trait Approaches Using Five Factor Model: Bipolar II Disorder

The Five Factor Model (FFM) was evolutionary in the 1980’s where several studies have shown the predictability of efficacy outcomes with arbitrary constructs of personality traits associated with cultural maladaptive behaviors.  Risk factors in the expression of personality have been identified using the FFM assessments.  However, there have been several variations to the FFM (EB5T, HiTOP, etc.) as these assessments were not considering variables in constructs.  Weidmann and Chopik, (2023) conceded the additional need for research, personalities are malleable within cultural, life events, and relationship variables.  Recent studies have shed light on how these external variables in personality with clients who are BPDII have the ability for treatment success.  “Personality traits appear not to exert a direct effect but interact with the disorder core symptoms to modify the clinical outcome” (Villarroel, et al., 2020, p. 4).  Using the FFM to determine personality traits that have common in language correlations can assist providers in treatment (Hovhannisyan & Goicoechea, 2024).  For instance, if an introvert uses self-talk language that is more agreeable, that later is the causation for stress, practitioners can use evidence-based psychotherapy such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) that has been found effective in managing symptoms of BPDII.  Practitioners assessing personality traits in the application of treatment to affect change in those with BPDII is not only clinical but correlates the need for research and science to continue to evolve.   

References

Hovhannisyan, G., & Goicoechea, J. (2024). Individualizing psychological assessment using the five-factor model: A phenomenological, enactivist approach. The Humanistic Psychologist, 52(1), 20-39. Retrieved from doi:10.1037/hum0000310.

Villarroel, J., Salinas, V., Silva, H., Herrera, L., Montes, C., Jerez, S., . . . Bustamante, M. L. (2020). Beyond the categorical distinction between borderline personality disorder and bipolar II disorder through the identification of personality traits profiles. Front Psychiatry, 11(552), 1-5. Retrieved from doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00552.

Weidmann, R., & Chopik, R. (2023). Explicating narrow and broad conceptualizations of. Journal of Personality, 92, 5-15. 

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